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CrazyJeff7 Jan 6, 2021 @ 4:29am

Is this a scam?

Hi. Happy new year btw.

I got added by a random guy on discord saying he accidentally reported me for illegal purchasing. I did some digging and found that this is a pretty common scam. but the weird thing is
1. how did he know my discord
2. he sent an link to an (i think) actual official valve account (https://steamcommunity.com/id/john)

what should I do?

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Cathulhu Jan 6, 2021 @ 4:36am

Yes, 100% scam.
Steam does not use Discord.
Steam will give you an account alert in the client itself, if there is something up.

MrVortex Jan 6, 2021 @ 5:58am

yeah its a scam,steam dont use discord and will email you about an alert anyways,so just beacuse some random dude told you that and sent a link,its obviously a scam

Morgan Fun Gamer Jan 6, 2021 @ 6:03am

Yes it scam. BLOCK AND REPORT

Wolfpig Jan 6, 2021 @ 7:04am

Originally posted by jeffrey:
1. how did he know my discord

Trial & error?
Would guess that the chance that people who use discord also have a steam account is pretty high.

or you joined some discord channel of a game and they pick people from there (never used it so i dont know if that stuff has userlists on channels like other services)

LatN's Strategy Jan 6, 2021 @ 11:12am

He possibly is on discord you used or did a search for Steam word to see who is on steam or something like that. Have you mentioned you play on steam in discord?

shiel Jan 6, 2021 @ 12:25pm

If you have to ask, the answer is almost always yes.

CrazyJeff7 Jan 7, 2021 @ 4:52am

Originally posted by LatN's Strategy:
He possibly is on discord you used or did a search for Steam word to see who is on steam or something like that. Have you mentioned you play on steam in discord?

now that i think about it i think i linked my discord with my steam. but thank you :)

eugeneporter robloxkid2014 Jan 7, 2021 @ 9:11am

scammer, just ignore stuff like that

crunchyfrog Jan 7, 2021 @ 9:18am

Originally posted by LatN's Strategy:
He possibly is on discord you used or did a search for Steam word to see who is on steam or something like that. Have you mentioned you play on steam in discord?

The best approach I can offer you going forward is this.

Don't worry TOO much about how he got your discord anyway. All you should concern yourself about is two things. Making sure you've cleared up after any scam attemtps and double checking you're secure (which isn't really that applicable in your case). That andchanging your ways in future.

Many people who fall for scams will swear blind they don't go to skin sites, or gambling sites, or sites where you vote for certain things, but in every case it alweays turns out that actually ahppened. That's not to say people such as yourself are lying. It just means the scam was effective becuase these work by catching you off guard, so you wouldn't remember if you did.

So do have a read up or a quick Google about scams and how to avoid them, because regardless of whether they're in real life out on the street or on an online service like steam, you'll see the same similarities. The whole point is that it's a big confidence trick.

So yeah, going forward I'd say take a look at EVERYTHING you do online, especially when you are using or discussing anything steam-realted outside of Steam. Those sort of places, while they might not be scam sites directly, do attract such scammers as you experienced.